This old lightship is permanently docked at our marina and used as offices, rest rooms and showers. It even has an ATM inside. Its original function was to be a movable lighthouse and used where needed.
And look who arrived this morning into New York Harbor, Salvage Crew.
We were there to meet them not only with the camera, but open arms. So glad they are repaired and underway again.
Andy and I took the water taxi back over to Manhattan at 11:00. Today we were to do the Uptown Manhattan tour. The route was altered several times today because the “Gay Pride” parade was going down 5th Avenue all day. Fun to watch but certainly congested traffic in an already congested city.
We passed the infamous Waldorf Astoria. At this time it is home to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
And a few more of the recognizable sites we saw were Rockefeller Center…
The Rainbow Room…
Radio City Music Hall…
Time Warner Building…
and a famous deli.
Our tour took us up Broadway overlooking Central Park the entire distance.
Some other sites included the Trump Building globe outside of Trump Towers…
and many other high end residences including The Dakota where John Lennon lived.
There were many beautiful churches along the tour today.
as well as museums.
An interesting part of the trip took us through Harlem. This particular bridge has been used in many movie chase scenes.
And of course the infamous Apollo Theater. Many people had gathered outside to sing and dance and celebrate the life of Michael Jackson which ended so suddenly last week.
After leaving Harlem we traveled down Fifth Avenue past many spectacular homes and finally the Plaza Hotel.
These were a couple of sights that we found interesting…
a policeman texting…
storing in sin?…
a high-end CVS…
and lastly, ahhh home.
We ended another wonderful day in New York Harbor with dinner aboard Salvage Crew. Life is good!
The Great Loop 